2 YEARS OLD!

 Myla's room full of balloons!

Pretty sure this was her favorite birthday surprise...those 'baboons' :) 

 Jumping on the bed

 Yes...I did manage to get a teeny-tiny braid in that INSANELY FINE hair. Thank you for noticing.

 Playing in the leaves!

 Throwing leaves in Mommy's face...

 This girl is my world. I love you Myla Jean.

Myla Jean is two years old! We had the best time celebrating her birthday with friends and family. Myla went to Jungle Jim's with her cousins Joseph and Josh, and her good friend Mika! They played hard. We also spent time with lots of family and Mommy and Daddy filled her room with balloons! (or 'baboons' as Myla calls them) Myla Jean is so much fun and we cannot imagine what life would be like without her! Our little love has grown so much and is learning more and more everyday. Some little facts about Myla are:

-She loves rides in the truck with Daddy
-COLORING
-All things arts and crafts actually....
-Can count to seven
-Sleeps in her big girl bed like a champ.
-Knows all her colors
-Has become a BIG HELPER! She empties the silverware every morning, puts away all her clean clothes (and dirty clothes), is sometimes TOO helpful at meal times....and basically wants to help Mommy with every single thing she does throughout the day....
-She loves Elsa and Tinkerbell.
-Myla loves fish, and got one for her birthday! It's her favorite.
-Her favorite toys are her books and necklaces.
-She knows her shapes and is always begging people to draw them for her...then tries desperately to draw them herself.

Myla is so full of life and has a burning fire to continually learn and experience everything! Myla keeps reminding her Mommy and Daddy that it's the little things in life that bring the most happiness to our hearts...like being together...or eating Oreos. We are so grateful for this adventurous little two year old! Happy Birthday Myla Jean!!!!

Fall Festivities

This has been such a fun packed season with our little witch! Utah is seriously such a blast during the Fall. The colors are spectacular and the weather is perfect. Plus, I was totally unaware of all the adorable activities available for the wee ones! THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO! I feel like I hardly dented my list...

Some of the festivities we participated in:
-Going to the pumpkin patch to pick out FAR TOO MANY PUMPKINS.
-Hay rides
-Canyon drives to see the leaves
-Pumpkin baking of all sorts
-Witches Festival at Gardner Village
-Carving pumpkins
-Wheeler Farm petting zoo
-Apple picking at Grandma and Grandpa's house
-Trick-or-Treating for the first time with Myla. IT WAS SO CUTE.
-Corn maze
-And finally....we broke out the hot cocoa mugs! Brian and I have a tradition that every year, when it gets cold enough that we must turn the furnace on....we make delicious hot cocoa....with our goofy animal mugs...mallows and a dash of pumpkin spice atop the mound of whip cream...and we curl up under a blanket with our mugs of magical yumminess to watch a movie....mmmm....it's my favorite. I love that Brian is a winter lover like me...and we celebrate the beginning of winter with this tradition. He's kind of awesome. And that's all I have to say about that... :)